English > newspaper headline: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | The heading or caption of a newspaper article. |
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| Synonym | headline |
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| Part of | newspaper, paper | A daily or weekly publication on folded sheets |
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| Narrower | dropline, drop line, stepped line, stagger head, staggered head, stephead | A headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right |
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| screamer | A sensational newspaper headline |
| streamer, banner | A newspaper headline that runs across the full page |
| Broader | heading, header, head | A line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about |
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| Spanish | cabecera, titular |
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| Catalan | capçalera, titular |
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